Employment

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Disability laws are intended to allow persons with disabilities the opportunity for employment. Once a need for reasonable accommodation arises, the law requires an employer to engage the employee in a timely, good faith, interactive process to determine how to overcome the job-related limitations. A reasonable accommodation is a change in the work environment or in work processes that enables a qualified individual with a disability to enjoy equal employment opportunities.  The accommodation must be effective in meeting the needs of the individual by addressing the barrier created by the functional limitations and does not impose an undue hardship on the employer.

The Steps of the Reasonable Accommodation Process have been developed to get us from the need for an accommodation through the outcome of this individualized assessment.

• REASONABLE ACCOMODATION

  • Learn how disability laws support equal employment opportunity and walk through each step of the interactive process by reviewing the Steps of the Reasonable Accommodation Process.

• DISABILITY COORDINATOR

  • Department supervisors and managers should contact their Department Disability Coordinator or Department Personnel Director. A list of department coordinators is available on the Personnel Department's intra/internet:  Department Coordinators - Contact List

• CITYWIDE REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION COORDINATOR

  • For questions regarding the City policies and procedures with respect to reasonable accommodations please contact the Citywide Reasonable Accommodations Support Specialist Casey Powell at (213) 473-9182. 

• CITYWIDE PLACEMENT OFFICER

  • For questions or referrals regarding placement of employees with work restrictions into jobs citywide please contact per.placement@lacity.org.

• OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY

  • Departments should contact the Office of the City Attorney for legal advice.